Men at the Center : : Redemptive Governance under Louis IX / / William Chester Jordan.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
• VerfasserIn: Jordan, William Chester,
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2022]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: The Natalie Zemon Davis Annual Lectures Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (146 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Chapter One: Robert of Sorbon, Churchman --; Chapter Two: Étienne Boileau, Bourgeois --; Chapter Three: Simon de Nesle, Aristocrat --; Epilogue --; Notes --; List of References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9786155225499; 9783110780550
• DOI: 10.1515/9786155225499
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: William Chester Jordan.

Three portraits of men who were at the very center of governance in thirteenth-century France—men who strove in the shadow of King Louis IX (Saint Louis) to impose a redemptive regime on the realm. Professor Jordan treats them as individuals, but in a sense they are also types: Robert of Sorbon, a churchman; Etienne Boileau, a bourgeois; and Simon de Nesle, an aristocrat. Robert was the founder of the Sorbonne; Boileau was the prévôt or royal administrator of Paris; and Simon was twice co-regent of the kingdom. Thinking about them and their relations with Louis IX opens up a new and altogether sobering vista for exploring the nature of the king's rule and the impact of his rule on his subjects.